Super Typhoon Bavi highlights Morocco's need for climate change vigilance

While this type of typhoon does not directly threaten Morocco, the underlying mechanisms contributing to its development are already impacting the Kingdom through increasingly extreme weather. Mustapha Benrimal, an environmental expert and president of the Al Manarat Écologiques Association, stated to "Assahra Al Maghribia" that climate change is a present reality requiring accelerated adaptation strategies. He explained that rising ocean and atmospheric temperatures provide more energy to tropical cyclones, increasing their power, development speed, and capacity to cause torrential rains and destructive winds.

Benrimal views Super Typhoon Bavi as part of a series of extreme phenomena indicating an increasingly unstable climate system, though he cautions against calling it the "most powerful in history" without sufficient scientific basis. For Morocco, the consequences are primarily indirect. The Kingdom is not in a tropical cyclone formation zone but is experiencing the effects of global warming, including heatwaves, persistent droughts, and an increase in violent storms and flash floods.

Benrimal advocates for strengthening early warning systems, improving infrastructure resilience, and integrating climate risks into development policies. He also emphasized protecting natural resources and supporting climate-related scientific research and disaster managem